George Washington High School - Continental Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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MECHANICAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Patron-Hephaestus Renowned artiiicerg Mighty artisan. Mr. Samuel L. Pick, head: Mr. Arthur E. Bishop, Mr. Robert Chambers, Mr. Kenneth Dixon, Mr. Paul Hairgrove, Mr. Charles Hamilton, Mr. Frank Hoff, Mr. Victor Martins, Mr. Otto Quistorff, Mr. John Weiss. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Patron-Hestia I watch the flres of hearth and home. Miss Esther Rebok, head: Miss Blanche Marie Carlson, Miss Helen Crane, Mrs. Ruth Mortiz, Miss Gail Sherer, Miss Jean Taylor. BOYS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION Patron-Herakles -And Herakles said little, but enough- How he engaged in combat, How the field of contest lay. Mr. David Ridderhof, head: Mr. Glenn H. Berry, Mr. W. Kenneth Cox, Mr. Lester I-Ieilman, Mr. I. Newton Richer. GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION Patron-Artemis Bind on thy sandals, O thou most fleet, Over the splendor and speed of thy feet. Mrs. Dorice M. Myers, headg Mrs. Isabel Cramer, Miss' Helen Hyde, Miss Alice Scott, Miss Alice Whitney. I OEEICE Patron-I-Iebe Hebe, honored of them all, ministered. Mrs. Elthea Allin, Miss Margaret Daniels, Mrs. Lillian Holliday, Miss Ethel Lane, Miss Erma Ne- ville, Mrs. Margaret Parker. COUNSELOR Patron-Ulysses Best of counselors, .love-like in wisdom. Miss Joycie Hollingsworth. Sixteen

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Patrons-The Muses 'KOf old the Muses sat on high, And heard and judged the thoughts of men. Miss Lois Lockwood, head: Miss Eva L. An- drews, Mr. John F. Clewe, Mrs. Olive Flowers, Miss Jessie June Gill, Miss Grace Gilson, Miss Catharine Haggart, Mrs. Helen Hawthorne, Miss Juelle Heaton, Miss Frances Kallstedt, Miss Muriel McKinlav, Miss Genevieve Molony, Mrs. Alice Noble, Mrs. Rhoda Parkhill, Miss Hilda Smith. Af N ,Sw MUSIC DEPARTMENT - Patron-Apollo I, Phoebus, sang those Qongs that gained so much renown. Mrs. Olga Sutherland, head: Mrs. Martha Eby, Miss Harriett Holeman, Miss Frances Ludman, Miss Sadie Sherman, Mr. Alexander J. Smith. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Patron-Cadmus Ye have the letters Cadmus gave. Miss Mignonette Miquel, head: Miss Eleanor Borun, Miss Lulu Draper. Miss Antonia Sintes, Miss Alta Witzel. ART DEPARTMENT Patron-A hrodite P Spirit of beauty. Light of the world, essen- tion 1ove1iness. Miss Helen Scheck, head: Mrs. Genevieve Ahrens Mrs. Madeleine Bronzan, Miss Gayl Hayes, Mr: Harold H. Jones, Miss Teresa Morgan. LIBRARIAN Patron-Athene Knowledge comes and wisdom lingers. Mrs. Emma Lee Gilmount. Fifteen

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STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS school has gained until it Washington! aff It has been a pleasure to Work With such an enthusiastic and willing student body, and l am sure the same high spirit will continue that existed during my term of oflice. This past semester has seen much activity in all phases of school life: the outstanding Was that of athletics. It was not only the football team that brought us the championship but the fine spirit shown by the student body as Well. M Washington was experiencing its first semester when I entered. Every semester it has gained in spirit as Well as in numbers and has a feeling of cooperation and freedom that all the students enjoy. Our has almost reached the top. Keep up the fine spirit, CLAUDE ROACH, Student Body President, Winter 1930-31 ' N.. 0 Partings are always grievous, but none more reluctant than that which the Class of '31 takes in June. Never has it been said mdre truly than of us that We leave a noble task but half begun. We leave our AlmaXMater in the pioneer years of its growth-the courageous years full of oppor-YK tunity for initiative and unselflsh service. , M Opportunity presents itself to the students off Washington in athletics, scholarship, self-government and other extra-curricular should be the goal of every student to serve Washing- - ton in one of these fields. To no greater cause can We now turn our loy-, altyi to the fulfillment of no finer achievements canb We give our best efforts and thoughts: in no Way canl We reflect greater glory to our school than to stand eternally steadfast for the things which are right andy honorable that represent Washington. xl LoWELL MCGINNIS, ' K President of the Student Body S even teen activities of the school. lt Summer l93l